Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip

CWmike writes "Nvidia is considering developing an integrated chip based on the x86 architecture for use in devices such as netbooks and mobile Internet devices, said Michael Hara, vice president of investor relations at Nvidia during a speech that was webcast from the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference this week. Nvidia has already developed an integrated chip called Tegra, which combines an Arm processor, a GeForce graphics core and other components on a single chip. The chips are aimed at small devices such as smartphones and MIDs, and will start shipping in the second half of this year. 'Tegra, by any definition, is a complete computer-on-chip, and the requirements of that market are such that you have to be very low power and very small but highly efficient,' Hara said. 'Someday, it's going to make sense to take the same approach in the x86 market as well.'"

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Re:A little off topic but I want to know

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But what ever happened to Moore's law? Are we already outside of its prediction? Has the chain been broken?

Effectively, yes.

What the hell are you talking about? Moore's Law say that performance will double each year and it still does. Even if it doubles by packing more cores, then it still does.